Rail-brace.



No. 773,760. PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904.

l F. P. MARLING.

RAIL BRACE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 4. 190g.

No MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 1, 1904.

FRANK P. MARLING, OF ST. `LOUIS,KMISSOURI.

RAIL-BRACE- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,760, dated November 1, 1904.

Application filed March 4, 1904..v Serial No. 196,565. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

ties and which willhold the rails to the proper gage and prevent them spreading.

IVith these objects 1n View the invention consists 1n the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. Y

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view Showing a portion of one of the longitudinal stringere. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of one end of one of the bracebars, and Fig. 5 is a detail Sectional elevation. In carrying out my invention I employ metallic longitudinal stringere A, which are Substantially the form of an I-beam, saidstringers being firmly seated in a bed B of cement, concrete, or other suitable material, the head of the beam lying substantially iiush with the road-bed, and the standard rail C is adapted to rest upon the head of the longitudinal Stringer, the outer edges of the head of the Stringer being turned back, as Shown at D, providing a groove E, into which the outer edge of the base of the rail fits, and for the purpose of holding the rail in this position I employ keys F, which overlap the base-of the rail, pass through the openings G, and have their lower ends spread, as shown at F', for the purpose of securely locking the rail to the longitudinal Stringer. For the purpose of preventing the stringere spreading I employ brace-bars or tie-rods H, the ends of which are provided with parallel depending lingers I, which are adapted to engage the upper edge of the web A of the longitudinal Stringer A, the head of the Stringer being out away, as shown at A2, to permit the iingers of the brace-bar to engage the web of the Stringer. It will thus be seen that the stringers, and consequently the rails, will be held to the proper gage.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the longitudinal Stringer, the heads of which have their outer edges turned back, of the rails resting upon the heads of said stringers, and the keys for 'holding the rails in place as Set forth. 

